# Write in another language

Create a version of a page in a second language and control what international visitors see.

For: Everyone running a multilingual site

## One page, several languages

A page can have a version in each language you publish in. Visitors see the version that matches their browser language where one exists, and the original otherwise. Nothing is machine translated: each version is written and edited as its own page content.

The language switcher appears automatically on pages that have more than one version. Page lists group by language so the two versions of "Services" do not look like duplicates of each other.

Walkthrough: How languages behave on a page (Translating a page)

1. **One page, several languages**: Visitors see the version matching their language where one exists, and the original otherwise.
2. **Badges show what exists**: EN and FR badges on a row say which versions are ready, at a glance.

Note: Only add a language you can genuinely maintain. A half-translated site is worse for a visitor than an English one.

## Add a translation

From a page row, the menu offers Add a translation, and existing translations opened from the same menu. The new version starts as a copy of the current page, with every word ready to be replaced and the address set for the language.

Languages are managed on the site Languages tab, where you choose which languages the website publishes in at all. A language switched off here is not offered anywhere, whatever a page contains.

Walkthrough: Adding a translation (Translating a page)

1. **The row menu**: Translations live behind the ellipsis, beside duplicate and delete.
2. **Add the translation**: The new version starts as a copy, ready for every word to be replaced by a person.
3. **Opening the other version**: An existing translation opens from the same menu, as its own page to edit.

- [ ] The language the visitors actually use is switched on
- [ ] Each translated page checked by a speaker
- [ ] The menu names translated rather than left in English
- [ ] The date and contact details make sense to that audience

## Does the AI translation exist?

AI can draft wording in another language, marked as a draft, but nothing is ever published without a person checking it.

## Related guides

- [Create and organise pages](/help/pages-and-menu/create-and-organise-pages)
- [Be found by AI assistants](/help/seo/be-found-by-ai-assistants)
---

CubeSites is a trading name of Cube Systems Limited, part of Crushed Ice Group. Registered in England and Wales, company number 17220899. Registered office: Unit 11, Olney Business Park, Osier Way, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5FP. ICO registration number ZC216972.

Contact: hello@cubesites.co.uk | 01234 672 617 | https://cubesites.co.uk/contact